Controversies Own Child - Kevin Pietersen

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When we hear the word celebrities, our brain automatically connects it to Hollywood actors, Bollywood actors and others people involved in entertainment business. Then the brain, cunning little devil that it is, immediately follows the track line with another thought- controversies. After all what are celebrities without their fair share of controversies. As a matter of fact, most of the so called actors and singers attained their current celebrity status, not because of sheer talent alone, but mostly due to the controversial acts they were embroiled in. The Kardashians, the Paris and the Perez Hiltons have milked the teats of controversies for all they are worth.

Athletes are no strangers to controversies as well. We have Tiger Woods, ruling the roost, with his endless parade of affairs; Wayne Rooney with his sexcapades involving prostitutes; Anna Kournikova for her off the field relationships and photoshoots; Shane Warne for his flickering relationship with Liz Hurley (Are they on? Are they off? One will never know!); Ronaldo with his bad boy image, David Bekham for his ostentatious hair styles and body tattoos and ...
... many, many more. Apparently all this outside antics have not stifled their name in any manner. If anything, it has only helped shoot their stardom to astronomical levels. A perfect example of the same would be Kevin Pietersen, affectionately abbreviated as KP.

This batsman for the England Cricket team has courted controversies for the past decade. In spite of his brash, arrogant and somewhat volatile nature, he is the country’s darling when it comes to playing cricket. His on-field batting skills are only preceded by his attention garnering skills, unconventional as they may be. The British are a cultured lot; so it comes as a surprise when Pietersen acts the way he does, earning him the tag as the most controversial English cricketer there is.

Ever since his foray into the International scene, Kevin Pietersen profile has seen its share of crowning glory and frowning shame. He holds the record for the fastest man to attain both 1,000 and 2,000 runs in One Day International cricket. After securing a century against South Africa, he was adjudged the most complete batsman in cricket. Even in light of his recent text scandal which involved emotional damage to some of the players of the South African cricket team, he still came out of the whole mess, with the tag of England's greatest modern batsman, in tow.